Cell Signaling Technology
XP Monoclonal Antibody

Product Pathways - Translational Control

eIF2α (D7D3) XP® Rabbit mAb (Biotinylated) #9079

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Isotype
W H M R Mk Endogenous 38 Rabbit IgG

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting
Reactivity Key:  H=Human  M=Mouse  R=Rat  Mk=Monkey
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

eIF2α (D7D3) XP® Rabbit mAb (Biotinylated) detects endogenous levels of total eIF2α protein.

Source / Purification

Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with a purified recombinant human eIF2α protein.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from HeLa and NIH/3T3 cells using eIF2α (D7D3) XP® Rabbit mAb (Biotinylated). Streptavidin-HRP #3999 was used for detection.

Description

This Cell Signaling Technology antibody is conjugated to biotin under optimal conditions. The biotinylated antibody is expected to exhibit the same species cross-reactivity as the unconjugated eIF2α (D7D3) XP® Rabbit mAb #5324.

Background

Phosphorylation of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) α subunit is a well-documented mechanism to downregulate protein synthesis under a variety of stress conditions. eIF2 binds GTP and Met-tRNAi and transfers Met-tRNA to the 40S subunit to form the 43S preinitiation complex (1,2). eIF2 promotes a new round of translation initiation by exchanging GDP for GTP, a reaction catalyzed by eIF2B (1,2). Kinases that are activated by viral infection (PKR), endoplasmic reticulum stress (PERK/PEK), amino acid deprivation (GCN2), or heme deficiency (HRI) can phosphorylate the α subunit of eIF2 (3,4). This phosphorylation stabilizes the eIF2-GDP-eIF2B complex and inhibits the turnover of eIF2B. Induction of PKR by IFN-γ and TNF-α induces potent phosphorylation of eIF2α at Ser51 (5,6).

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